Gustave DORÉ (Strasbourg 1832 - Paris 1883) Germanic God on his chariot Pen and brown ink over black pencil lines. Signed lower right. 39.5 x 32.5 cm Provenance : - On the back of the frame is a handwritten inscription stating "Donné par l'auteur à Mr Edouard VANDAL. Directeur des Postes sous le Second Empire". - Aldecoa, Paris, 1978, biennale Grand Palais (label on back). Our work may have been an unsuccessful project by the artist for the illustration of Joseph-Xavier Boniface, known as X.-B. Saintine, La Mythologie du Rhin, published in 1862.